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Ottawa 'constantly' looking at further COVID-19 border measures, Freeland says
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Ottawa is “constantly” reviewing its border measures to guard against the spread of COVID-19 and more transmissible variants of the novel coronavirus.
Child care won't be a 'magic bullet' that sparks post-pandemic recovery: Freeland
Ottawa’s plan to lower early learning and child-care costs was a centrepiece of last week’s federal budget, but Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland warns that such a system won’t quickly repair the economic damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trudeau pledges more health-care workers, rapid testing for pandemic-battered Ontario
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is working with provinces and territories to send more health-care workers to Ontario and boost rapid testing to shepherd Canada’s most populous province through a gruelling third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Moderna hasn't breached its vaccine contract despite repeated delivery concerns: Anand
Moderna has not violated its contractual obligations with Canada, Procurement Minister Anita Anand says, despite continued setbacks over promised COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to this country.
Singh targets Liberals, hard-hit Canadians in convention speech
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh worked to distinguish his party's progressive policies from those of the governing Liberals in his convention speech Sunday, speaking directly to Canadians battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Liberal, NDP insiders weigh in on the battle to win the progressive vote
As the Liberals and New Democrats staged duelling party policy conventions today, party insiders said they also signalled they're going to be battling each other over many of the same ideas — and voters.
Canada must continue investing in its economy to exit pandemic more quickly: Duclos
Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos says it's not time for Canada to under-invest in its economy as the federal government maps out its economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vaccine nationalism an issue of 'enlightened self-interest,' UN Secretary General warns
Developed countries hoarding COVID-19 vaccines is not only unfair and unjust, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says, it is also “a matter of enlightened self-interest.”
Minister Anand says AstraZeneca doses could arrive from the U.S. this week
Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa could take delivery of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine doses from the United States as early as this week.
O'Toole's convention speech gets mixed reviews as leader attempts to unite Conservative base
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says Canada is at a crossroads — and so are party strategists as they unpack the leader's policy convention speech.